Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction
Riley Sager
Charting Jul 22, 2018 → Sep 13, 2026 · 22 weeks with chart power
Honours
Author of the Week
NYT Hardcover Fiction
1 crown
20182026First crown Aug 2026
- Peak Power
- 2.46%
- week of Sep 6, 2026
- Career Power
- 127
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 1
- weeks crowned Author of the Week
- Peak Year
- 29
- September 2025 – September 2026
- Peak Five Years
- 108
- September 2021 – September 2026
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 22
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 15.61%
- week of Aug 23, 2026
- Comebacks
- 1
- Aug 2026
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions. How it works →
Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction
9 books · 127 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.
| Title | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Book Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Unknown | #1 | 4 | 28.7 | ||
| The House Across the Lake | #3 | 4 | 27.6 | ||
| The Only One Left | #6 | 5 | 25.9 | ||
| Middle of the Night | #5 | 3 | 14.5 | ||
| With a Vengeance | #5 | 2 | 11.2 | ||
| Survive the Night | #6 | 1 | 7.3 | ||
| Home Before Dark | #8 | 1 | 5.5 | ||
| Lock Every Door | #9 | 1 | 4.8 | ||
| The Last Time I Lied | #15 | 1 | 2.1 |
At their peak
2025 in books →Riley Sager's best twelve months on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list ran from September 2025 to September 2026. The most powerful authors over those weeks:
- 1Virginia Evans428
- 2Matt Dinniman364
- 3Caro Claire Burke283
- 4Dan Brown225
- 5John Grisham210
- 6SenLinYu210
- 7Kathryn Stockett192
- 8James Patterson159
- 9Ann Patchett155
- 10Callie Hart123
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.